I hope this isn’t too off subject since I started this thread and have thoroughly enjoyed most of your input.

I have learned that the only proper thing to hate is injustice. However, I do not suffer “bullies” well. I am pretty much retired now but the shop where I sometimes work is owned by an old friend I grew up with in Texas. He is six foot seven and three hundred pounds of muscle. His hands are so big that he can pick up our MB batteries in each one. He is rarely picked on. I am a five foot seven inch 185 pound “fire plug” with arms as big as most people’s legs since I have spent my life working out regularly. I’m not picked on much either but my pony tail that reaches down into the middle of my back has sometimes caused me problems.

I go anywhere I want without fear because I learned that a look in the eye, a smile and a nod of recognition will break the ice. They don’t see a rich gringo or cracker. They just see another human being. Lots of conversations have been started that way.

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You can get farther with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile.

1984 300D
1985 300CD
1980 300SD
1993 SL500